The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that it has accused two men of a Russian-based hacker group for conducting cyberattacks on American companies.
In the United States, in July, the software for corporations of the IT company "Kaseya" was attacked by the computer virus "ransomware" that demands a ransom, and according to the company, about companies using this software It means that 1500 companies were damaged.
Attorney General Garland said at a press conference on the 8th that he had accused a Ukrainian man who was a member of the Russian-based hacker group "REvil" for conducting a cyberattack on Kaseya.
The man was arrested in Poland on the 8th of last month.
In addition, Secretary Garland has accused another Russian man of "REvil" and revealed that he is pursuing his whereabouts, and he received $ 6.1 million as a ransom, or 690 million yen. He said he had regained the surplus yen.
"When we met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said he would take responsibility for cybercrime, but that was achieved," Biden said in a statement.
On the other hand, the State Department announced that it would provide up to 1.13 billion yen in Japanese yen for information that could identify the person of the "REvil" executive, and indicated that it would strengthen the detection of hacker groups.